Demand Planning Lead

Location: Seattle, Washington preferred but open to remote

Role Summary

As a demand planning lead for GCG and its portfolio companies, this role owns the end-to-end assortment planning process across the store development portfolio and partners with our internal and customer-based design teams to shape demand planning processes. This position is designed to align cross-functional stakeholders on priorities, risks, product lifecycle transitions, and inventory outcomes while improving planning capabilities and decision-making across the business.

The role includes traveling to customer locations to support on-site project success. As a member of the GCG team, the Demand Planning Lead is responsible for exemplifying the company guiding principles and fostering our company culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and evolve processes to shape demand in partnership with Concepts and Design teams.
• Own the end-to-end assortment planning process across the store development portfolio.
• Lead monthly assortment reviews, aligning cross-functional stakeholders on priorities and risks.
• Manage product end-of-life transitions to minimize write-off and optimize inventory outcomes.
• Develop and lead ramp-down strategy plans with other planning partners.
• Drive product lifecycle management, overseeing item transitions from introduction through exit to optimize performance and minimize financial risk.
• Deliver proposed order analytics that inform forecasting, sourcing, and inventory decisions.
• Develop consumption tools and scalable communication processes to enable visibility and inventory depletion across stakeholders and design markets.
• Partner with Finance, Coffeehouse Integration, and Supply Chain to drive alignment and improve decision-making.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen planning capabilities and outcomes.
• Travel to customer site to ensure project is progressing as expected

Qualifications

• 5+ years of supply chain experience with demand planning, inventory management, and forecasting.

·Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Experience implementing planning processes.
• Strong analytical curiosity with the ability to dive into data and turn insights into business decisions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence a broad range of audiences, including senior leaders.

·Assortment management experience.

Preferred Profile

The strongest candidates will combine supply chain planning depth with strong cross-functional communication and process design capability, which aligns with how Starbucks frames planning leadership roles in Supply Chain. A Seattle-based candidate is preferred for close partnership with internal stakeholders and team collaboration, but a remote role is acceptable for the right candidate.

Advatix®, Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of e-commerce Supply Chain and Logistics Consulting Services and Solutions that enable its clients to transform their operations for speed, service, and cost of fulfillment and delivery of goods and services. We are committed to an inclusive workplace that does not discriminate against race, nationality, religion, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. We believe in diversity and encourage any qualified individual to apply. We are an EEOC Employer.

Originally posted on Himalayas